Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Being a Mommy: I Got That

If you think about it, if you compare any mothers parenting style to other mother's parenting styles then every mother every where is a bad mom...by someone's definition.

I mean, just look at this kid! Isn't it obvious that I SUCK as a mom.

Why am I a bad mom?

I don't make Parker eat his vegetables if he doesn't want to.

I've been known to let him have a cookie for breakfast.

I will put a movie in to "babysit" him if I have something I need to do.

I will threaten him with a nap or worse...a spanking... to make him listen to me.

I had him circumcised when he was born.

I gave up on breastfeeding and gave him formula!

I get all the vaccinations, despite the horror stories. (Except for the flu shots, I don't feel he needs those.)

I work outside of the home, and some days only get to see him for a few hours.

Sometimes I don't know when the last time Parker had a bath was, and have to give him the sniff test.

I let him go out in public in dirty clothes!

Sometimes I forget to wash his face after he eat chocolate so he's going around with a Joker-esque smile.

I let him play with BUGS!

He is almost 3 and I still let him drink from a sippy cup.

But, wanna know why I'm a good mom?

I am here. I have not run away from him and left him alone and motherless.

I have not abused my son.

I have not left him unattended in the bathtub to drown.

I have not "forgotten" he was in a car and left him to bake.

I don't drag him around shopping to a million stores a day while he sits in the cart and begs to go home and play.

I don't ignore him so I can play on my phone. When I'm with my son I'm WITH MY SON, not some digital toy.

Parker is healthy.

He is loved, he is hugged, he is kissed.

Parker is fed when he is hungry and given a drink every time he's thirsty.

He is diciplined when he needs to be.

He knows respect, will say please and thank you.

I take him to the park where he can run and play and scream out loud and be a little boy.

If I think longer on it I can probably think of more to add to BOTH lists.

The long and short of it is that Moms are different. Parenting styles are different. But as long as your child is not harmed, physically or mentally, then you're doing JUST FINE at being a mom. (The same thing applies to dads)

:) I'm really loving this series of posts. My children are older than many of the participants' children, so my perspective is different. Yet, reading this posts takes me right back to when my girls were small.

Bugs versus dog food. Take your pick. LOL. These are all great and I'm just stopping by to say hello as a part of the Life With Levi list! :) And, I have let my daughter wear the same shirt/outfit 3 days in a row because she refused to take it off for a bath or bed until the evening of the third day. I think we all have those days. My DD is 2.5

HAHA you guys are making me laugh. I am such a germ freak I do not thinking eating a bug would make me the nice mommie I strive to be every day. I enjoy these post so much. When I first started reading reviews and then got into the normal blog post from the bloggers lives themselves I really thought wow I am a horrible mom. I mean the only thing I do to save the world is cloth diaper and that is more because it looks cute and I was tired of running out to buy diapers. And I know the UPS man is thanking me for my switch every day. (3 kids in diapers meant amazon orders every week for diapers and wipes). I just love that you guys are putting the bad and good out there. Since becoming a mom I have been so isolated and I really do not know what other mothers are doing and I feel like I am just not stacking up most days. Which is crazy because my kids are loved every second of the day and they know it.

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